🤝 To connect emotionally 🪢 To tie tightly 🔗 To join closely 😬 A difficult situation 📜 To make obligated 📚 To cover a book 🥔 To cause constipation

to bind

1 8.6

To make a person constipated

verb
/baɪnd/

: estreñir

Eating too much cheese can bind you up and cause discomfort.

Examples

Certain vegetables can bind the digestive system, leading to constipation if consumed in excess.
A baby diaper must fit right, so it neither leaks nor binds.

Academic text (2007)
I feel a bit... bound up like I just...

Extinction (2014)
That's because the plants bind up the mineral in a compound known as phytic acid.

Academic text (1996)
This medication may bind the bowels, making it harder to have a bowel movement.

Synonyms

to constipate

vsto bind

1 6.8

Make someone have trouble passing stools

is used for foods or medicines that make the bowels hard to move

Antonyms

laxative

Specialized

22 4.1

A medicine that helps the body pass stool

Idioms

to bind hand and foot

Informal

1 8.0

To stop someone completely from acting freely

Phrasal Verbs

to bind over

Jargon

2 9.8

To order a defendant to be kept in custody or to obey certain rules until a later court hearing

to bind off

Jargon

1 7.8

To finish a row of knitting by securing stitches so they do not come undone

Compounds

double bind

Specialized

3 8.1

A situation where you are given two conflicting demands you cannot satisfy, often from someone in charge

How Constipating

to bind

1 8.6

to loosen

1 2.8

Surface Forms

bind infinitive

binding present participle

binds third person singular

bound past

bound past participle

Etymology

Bind (verb, cause constipation) uses the same idea of 'tying' or making tight; food or medicine that 'binds' makes the bowels move less. So if something 'binds' you it can cause constipation by making things stay together and not pass easily.